Luigi Caputi
Born in Napoli (Italy) on 09/06/1975 Phone +39 081 5833329
Fax +39 081 5833224 E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellowship
Current Affiliation:
Integrative Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Education/Training/Experience
Institute and Location Degree Year Field of Study University Federico II of
Napoli, Italy
Master (Laurea) 2001 Bilogical Science Stazione Zoologica Anton
Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
PhD 2002-2007 Molecular Ecology Museo Tridentino di
Scienze Naturali (MTSN), Trento, Italy
Postdoctoral fellowship
2009-2011 Molecular Biology, Alpine Freshwater Ecology Stazione Zoologica Anton
Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
Postdoctoral fellowship
2012-2014 Population genetics, Marine Ecology
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
Postdoctoral fellowship
2014 - Present
Marine Ecology, Molecular Ecology
Other
2009: Tutor in the course ‘Studio dei macroinvertebrati d’acqua dolce’ , Stazione Limnologica del Lago di Tovel (Trento, Italy) 1994
2011: CNR qualification in Environmental Science: Biodiversity in the Polar Environment (Valid 2011 – 2013)
2012: CNR qualification in Environmental Science: Structure and Function of Forestal Ecosystems (Valid 2011 – 2014)
- Referee for 3 ISI journals
- Speaker in national and international conferences
Skills
PCR, RNA, Evolutionary Genetics, Genomics, Population Genetics, Adaptive Evolution, Phylogenetic Analysis, Bioinformatic Software, Gene Expression, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biological Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Comparative Genomics, Phylogeography
Publications
Affinito O, Andreakis N, Caputi L, Marino R, Pannone R, Sordino P and G Procaccini. High connectivity and directional gene flow in European Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of Ciona intestinalis sp. A. Marine ecology . Marine Ecology 01/2015; DOI:10.1111/maec.12226 Vassalli QA, Anishchenko E, Caputi L, Sordino P, D’Aniello S, Locascio, A.: Regulatory elements retained during chordate evolution: Coming across tunicates. Genesis. 2015 Jan;53(1):66-81. doi:
10.1002/dvg.22838.
Arienzo M, Toscano F, Di Fraia M, Caputi L, Sordino P, Guida M, Aliberti F, Ferrara L: An assessment of contamination of the Fusaro Lagoon (Campania Province, southern Italy) by trace metals. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 09/2014; 186(9).DOI:10.1007/s10661-014- 3816-4
Caputi L, Crocetta F, Toscano F, Sordino P, Cirino P: Long-term demographic and reproductive trends in Ciona intestinalis sp. A. Marine Ecology 10/2013; 36(1). DOI:10.1111/maec.12125 Dassi E, Malossini A, Re A, Mazza T, Tebaldi T, Caputi L, Quattrone A: AURA: Atlas of UTR Regulatory Activity.. Bioinformatics 01/2012; 28:142-144.
Sordino P, Andreakis N, Brown ER, Leccia NI, Squarzoni P, Tarallo R, Alfano C, Caputi L, D'Ambrosio P, Daniele P, D'Aniello E, D'Aniello S, Maiella S, Miraglia V, Russo MT, Sorrenti G, Branno M, Cariello L, Cirino P, Locascio A, Spagnuolo A, Zanetti L, Ristoratore F : Natural Variation of Model Mutant Phenotypes in Ciona intestinalis. PLoS ONE 06/2008; 3(6):e2344.
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0002344
Caputi L, Borra M, Andreakis N, Biffali E, Sordino P: SNPs and Hox gene mapping in Ciona intestinalis. BMC Genomics 02/2008; 9:39. DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-9-39
Piscopo S, Moccia F, di Cristo C, Caputi L, Di Cosmo A, Brown ER: Pre- and postsynaptic
excitation and inhibition at octopus optic lobe photoreceptor terminals; implications for the function of the 'presynaptic bags'.. European Journal of Neuroscience 11/2007; 26(8):2196-203.
DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05833.x
Caputi L, Andreakis N, Mastrototaro F, Cirino P, Vassillo M, Sordino P: Cryptic speciation in a model invertebrate chordate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 06/2007;
104(22):9364-9. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0610158104
Andreakis N Caputi L, Sordino P: Characterization of highly polymorphic nuclear microsatellite loci from the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Molecular Ecology Notes 12/2006; 7(4):610 - 612.
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01649.x